TY - JOUR
T1 - Substrate specificity of thermitase, a thermostable serine proteinase from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris
AU - Brömme, Dieter
AU - Kleine, Rolf
PY - 1984/3
Y1 - 1984/3
N2 - The specificity of thermitase (EC 3.4.21.14), a microbial thermostable serine proteinase from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris, with several oligo- and polypeptide substrates was investigated. Preferred hydrolysis of peptide bonds with a hydrophobic amino acid at the carboxylic site was observed. The proved carboxypeptidolytic splitting of Leu5-enkephalin and bradykinin, as well as the noncleavability of casomorphins by thermitase, can be explained by the position of the glycine and proline residues in these substrates. Major cleavage sites in the oxidized insulin B chain in a 15-min incubation with thermitase at Gln4-His5, Ser9-His10, Leu11-Val12, Leu15-Tyr16 and in the oxidized insulin A chain at Cys SO3H11-Ser12, Leu13-Tyr14, and Leu16-Glu17 were observed. Additional cleavages of the bonds His5-Leu6, Arg22-Gly23, Phe24-Phe25, Phe25-Tyr26, and Tyr26-Thr27 in the oxidized B chain and Cys SO3H6-Cys SO3H7 and Tyr19-Cys SO3H20 in the oxidized A chain in 2-h incubations with thermitase were also noted. Hydrolysis of salmine A I component in a 10-min incubation was observed mainly at four peptide bonds: Arg5-Ser6, Ser6-Ser7, Arg18-Val19, and Gly27-Gly28. The cleavage sites of thermitase in both insulin chains were similar to those reported in the studies of subtilisins.
AB - The specificity of thermitase (EC 3.4.21.14), a microbial thermostable serine proteinase from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris, with several oligo- and polypeptide substrates was investigated. Preferred hydrolysis of peptide bonds with a hydrophobic amino acid at the carboxylic site was observed. The proved carboxypeptidolytic splitting of Leu5-enkephalin and bradykinin, as well as the noncleavability of casomorphins by thermitase, can be explained by the position of the glycine and proline residues in these substrates. Major cleavage sites in the oxidized insulin B chain in a 15-min incubation with thermitase at Gln4-His5, Ser9-His10, Leu11-Val12, Leu15-Tyr16 and in the oxidized insulin A chain at Cys SO3H11-Ser12, Leu13-Tyr14, and Leu16-Glu17 were observed. Additional cleavages of the bonds His5-Leu6, Arg22-Gly23, Phe24-Phe25, Phe25-Tyr26, and Tyr26-Thr27 in the oxidized B chain and Cys SO3H6-Cys SO3H7 and Tyr19-Cys SO3H20 in the oxidized A chain in 2-h incubations with thermitase were also noted. Hydrolysis of salmine A I component in a 10-min incubation was observed mainly at four peptide bonds: Arg5-Ser6, Ser6-Ser7, Arg18-Val19, and Gly27-Gly28. The cleavage sites of thermitase in both insulin chains were similar to those reported in the studies of subtilisins.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF01567710
DO - 10.1007/BF01567710
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0021634022
SN - 0343-8651
VL - 11
SP - 93
EP - 99
JO - Current Microbiology
JF - Current Microbiology
IS - 2
ER -